I don't know what's the fuss. just join the tps for right now, work, study if you want to study, just save if you need to. When it's about to expire, join a school and get back to F1 and get opt for another 3 years if you're on stem, or H1b. for h1b you don't have to be on opt to apply. people from India come here straight on h1b. Anyone with undergrad can apply h1b , you have extra burden to be legal since you're already in the US but now you have tps to make it legal for you. or you can straight file gc from tps. remember, you don't need opt to file h1b, and you don't need opt or h1b to file gc. if your status grants you to work other than those visas, in which case TPS for you now, then you can directly file for gc.
this is just my opinion, not a legal advice.